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The Canadian Coast Guard (CCG; French: Garde côtière canadienne, GCC) is the coast guard of Canada.Formed in 1962, the coast guard is tasked with marine search and rescue (SAR), communication, navigation, and transportation issues in Canadian waters, such as navigation aids and icebreaking, marine pollution response, and support for other Canadian government initiatives.
The Canadian Coast Guard (CCG) maintains a number of major bases and operating stations on the Atlantic and Pacific coasts, as well as in the St. Lawrence River, Great Lakes and major navigable inland waterways such as Lake of the Woods, Lake Winnipeg, and Great Slave Lake/Mackenzie River.
CCGS Amundsen [note 1] is a Pierre Radisson-class icebreaker and Arctic research vessel operated by the Canadian Coast Guard. The vessel entered service in 1979 as Franklin and was renamed Sir John Franklin in 1980 and served as such until 1996. Declared surplus, the vessel was used as an accommodation ship in Labrador in 1996 and placed in ...
CCGS Moytel is a Canadian Coast Guard air cushioned vehicle or hovercraft and is based at CCG Hovercraft Base Richmond, British Columbia, on Sea Island. The primary mission of Moytel is to provide search and rescue services for British Columbia. Moytel serves as the replacement for CCGS Penac on Sea Island, Richmond, British Columbia.
The Kingston class consists of 12 coastal defence vessels operated by the Royal Canadian Navy.The class is the name for the Maritime Coastal Defence Vessel Project (MCDV). ). These multi-role vessels were built and launched from the mid- to late-1990s and are crewed by a combination of Naval Reserve and Regular Force pers
A Canadian Coast Guard trailerable buoy tender, named Tech II, at Nepean Sailing Club on Lac Deschênes. CCG employs various makes and models of small craft, generally less than 15 GT, 12 metres (39 ft) long or less, aboard ships and at shore stations for utility and search and rescue tasks.
Once again, Canadian and U.S. Coast Guard officials recommend skipping the 2024 Port Huron Float Down event this year, citing the "inherently dangerous activity" could potentially "limit rescue ...
In the summer of 2014, Kingston, joined by the Canadian Coast Guard vessel CCGS Sir Wilfrid Laurier and two private ships searched for and found one of the ships that disappeared during Franklin's lost expedition. [10] In the summer of 2016, Kingston was sent on a goodwill tour of the Great Lakes, making several port visits. [11]